The crew had this short BNSF freight is hammering as they approach Granby. The train is working over trackage rights the BNSF has over the UP between Salt Lake City an Denver. There is only 5 mile... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific Engineering Special powered by a clean SD70M No. 4222 sprints along the tangent track through Middle Park west of Granby, Colorado, on July 28, 2020

With the mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park and the Continental Divide in the background, a Union Pacific Office Car Special heads westbound out of Granby, Colorado, over the Moffat Tunnel ... (more)

An eastbound freight approaches Granby, CO.

With a temporarily adjusted schedule due to MOW activity on the Moffat line, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr is currently running through the high country in the late afternoons. From a photo... (more)

On the beautiful autumn day of October 8, 2015, Union Pacific’s MNYRO manifest freight heads west out of Granby, Colorado, at a location known as Windy Gap.

An Amtrak Conductor communicates how many cars there are left till the train comes to a complete stop at the station in Granby, Colorado on September 24, 2016. They'll load the coach-class passeng... (more)

A brand new UP ET44AH No. 2719 leads an SD70ACe and SD70M on the eastbound "MRONY 23" through the splendid fall colors just west of Granby, Colorado near the Colorado River on September ... (more)

SD50’s!

Five, count ‘em, five Rio Grande SD50’s roll an empty hopper train through Granby, Colorado. The 46 car train is somewhat overpowered with 17,500 horsepower of the newest l... (more)

Under one of the most interesting skies that I’ve encountered, Rio Grande train 138 passes the depot at Granby, Colorado on its eastbound journey. The presence of the UP SD40-2 is somewhat unusual... (more)

Storms move east over the Continental Divide in the background as BNSF C44-9W No. 5273 leads a 4 hour and 50 minutes late California Zephyr with two Amtrak P42DC's trailing as the train heads west... (more)

The conductor of SP126 climbs back aboard after a meet at Granby, Colorado. The train will continue on its journey to Phippsburg for the next crew change.

Trailing the characteristic Alco smudge, PA-1 6001 and an EMD F7B unit accelerate out of Granby with Rio Grande train 9, the Yampa Valley, on its daily 231-mile trek from Denver to Craig. The bagg... (more)

With the lead unit missing a numberboard (note the duct tape in its place) and the middle unit doing it's best impression of a steam locomotive, this Union Pacific manifest winds its way west on t... (more)

The meandering headwaters of the Colorado River create a break in the fall colors through which we see the westbound California Zephyr heading out of Granby toward the spectacular Byers and Gore C... (more)